g 444"41. . . , LETTERS OF JOHN CALVIN.—The fourth and - conoludin,g volume fatale Letters of John issued by'our Board of Publica tion. Them9sare.oompilfo from the original man uscripts, and edited, with historical notes, lir.Dr. Julesl3oWit, and translated front the. Latin and French. languages, by 'Yams Robert Gilchrist. I.p the last volume is appended a complete and `Valuable Index, prepared by the Rev. Dr. Black . wood, of Philadelphia. ~,'yAs,thete successive volumes appeared, we ex 7 pressed our high estimate of their value to a proper.understsmding of the mind and heart of Calvin—=of the circumstances in which he was placed--of Abet men among whoin.he acted so controlling a part, and .of the system of:theology which„behrs his great'name. Arut now that the work is completed, ,can safely say that, no - i thecilogitiat inla is'comp elowit out it TIED SPIRIT ..og,H,F4V,REW POETRY.—Mr. garPon, (late Rudd . d" ,C4rllon,) 413 Broadway, New-York, has just published, in an Svc): volume, 'tlie latest, work. of chat profoutuL thinker and gifted writer, Isaac Taylor, entitled,'" The Spirit Wetry." It is '.lteconipanied with a, fitting and appreciative Biographical Introduc tion„)ly, the Bev. William Adams, D.D., of New- York city. Another work from the now veners,bile' author .of I"•Natural.History of Enthusiasm," " Ancient Christianity," "Physical Theory of "Anotlielr Life," " SaturdayiEvening," Sm., will be wel comed by thousands of readers. This volume, I i kaliA4l44o stakeable• proof of protracted study and careful writing. 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For sale in . Pittsburolt, by Henry Niner, Fifth Street, at $1.50 per volume. ANNUAL REPORT OF THY, 'MANAGERS OF. THE W.ESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOS PITAL FOR 1861.—This is an interesting Re port concerning an institution a great import anoo to Wee.terokg.PusYY,i '• 4- A REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR of tbe,Operations 9f the,Sanikary Opiranission, and upon the' Sanitabe:Oondition <the Vol unteer Army, its Medical . Stafr,'Hospitals, and • 4 0 sPiAal , SIAPPlies. This Report is worthy of a careful reading by all Who take an interestin'the well-being of our brave soldiers, ,who /would. Afford rrelief ,to the needy, who would, learn the evils to which our army' is exposed, and who would encourage every attempt at improvement. TEE HABE4 coßpas,4Np MARTTAT. LAW Aly kelt: 11:!#'019 of Maysville, ky. Mr. Greek; is a natiye of Kentucky studied , theology at Allegheny and Princeton, was for a time pastor;of the Presbyterian churchin Macon, •Ga., then agent for one of our Beards, then pes ter of the church in New Albany, and now pastor of a', church Maysiille. This article was rejected, by the Danviile Review, and with good retison, both otin account of -its feebleness and its secession 4for gpu two Ways to Love the ,Baby. Little Richard was the youngest child in the howie,iild 13 - o, :everybody °peetecf His sisters were always buying toys for him, and laughing •at everything he 'said and, did,..so that he would have been quite a, spoiled child if , another little brother had not come to take a share of the admi ration and love ,Agi A .,l* . p.ayd thoughtba-, longed . to Win alone,. The . ft‘xst thing that was,giamat toithe new baby waa'a yery?pretty name, / tit was no sooner •,giveni than titer' away and saved up for future He was cafe - 11' 4 i The Baby "` by everybody in the houife: , "What a awe, plump little fellow he is I" said old Miss Meal* when she came'to' pity her .first; :Visit • to ~ t he ,young stranger. " 146414 ‘earry,,, his ) hoine„ pehard, and., - gave him for my .babyr "No i" cried Richard, swelling up, and looking fiercely at Miss Meara. "He is n't your I.ll4.4thother, he's mine I" . " y soon you'll .be pulling his him: ""He teaMilgot iany hair,":said Riehard: ,WelloWll44Fe some .14-andlie ? and Y'ol Fajk4t,itiAndioroeu ortedii away hirtoys,-iinikleateup*l r tis tackles?' " No, no, I shall not !" cried Richard. now quite angry. " I shall give , him all my' play-things—my milk-Cart, and my rocking-horse, and my man that makes bows." . And Richard went close up ,to the side of the bed on which the baby lay, and stood up on tiptoe in order to kisS him. Now it's the easiest thing in the world' to kiss. All you've got to do is to pucker up your lips, touch semebody's cheeks with them,- and snake, a little smacking noise. But Richard looked at Miss Mears as much as to say— " There ! do n't you see how I love my little brother ?" But after a few months the baby,grew old enough, to want some thing to play with, and the nurse took from the drawer a silver whistle which had been ' given to Richard, and let him tali° it in his awkward little hands. Richard was playing on the floor with his blocks; but the 0- went be saw the whistle he jumped up, and ran and snatched it away. " It 's my whistle," said lie. "But you'll lend it to baby," said the nurse. "No, I want it myself;" and Richard walked up'and down, whistling, 'while, the baby cried ( ashard as it could. " I thought you said you loved the baby, Richard," said his mamma-,'` " Yes, I love him," replied Richard. " I kissed him four times and two times." " But he Cala 't, play with kisses," said his mamma, "and he wants 'something to play with, now lie is ietting to be such a great . boy." ,Richard made no answer, but went on walking up and down; whistling. Jae then his .dinner waahrought' beefsteak, and potato, and bread. Just• as he was going to begin to eat, his mamma, took his plate away., "This is my dinner," said she. , Richard could hardly help crying. " Can't I have any,dinner ? he asked. " But, this is my dinner," said his mother. " Why should I give you my dinner ?" • "You"won't have any. little Richard if you don't give him anything to eat !" said' he, in a, mournful voice. " Bait you do n't love your little Richard one bit.' "Why, yes I do ! I kissed him four times and two times." Then Richard burst out laughing, and,he jumped up as quick as lightning and ran and gave the: whistle to the baby. "`You'see there are two ways of loving . people," said his mamma. " One way is to kiss them, and another way is lend or give them your things. And I love you so dearly that I'm going to give you this nice dinner, and you love the baby so dearly that you 'vs lent him your whistle." Richard laughed again and looked pleased, and for a long tinae he was. kihti,to the baby and would let him take his toys whenever he pleased. But by-and-bye baby, who kept growing older and larger every day, got old enough and large enough to come to, prayers every morning. Richard had always sat in his mamma's lap, holding her hand at prayers, and expected to do so all his life; perhaps, for when the nurse brought baby down and put him in his own old place, his lips quivered and he felt greatly injured. His mamma had his little high-chair drawn closely to her side, and offered to let him hold her hand; but he pushed his chairawayt and would not be comforted. His sister Jane made signs to him to come and sit in her lap, but he would not look at her.• If he had dared-he would haVe r pushed his littlo brother and Made him., give up his seat. When breakfast was ready and he found that baby, was to come to the table, he felt still more displeased. "It's real mean for baby to take my seat," ; said he. ' "It is mamma who is ' mean,' not baby," said sister Jane. " Do-you mean to call dear mamma mean for letting the baby, sit next to her. Why', the baby always sits there. It , used to' be my,seat, .and I gave it to ; Margaret, and then it. was little Carrie's, but .she, don't want' it now beCause She's gone to heaven. So she gave .it to you. And 'now you'ye given it to baby, • It's nice to have things to oive aWay." While Jane was talking she drew Rich ard in his chair up to the table, and gave him his breakfast. By degrees, his ill-hu mor flew iavajr, and lie laughed as heartily as any of -them to see,how baby picked, up what was 'onhis plate - with his fingers, PIA it into his spoon, and then tried to. feed himself"` Baby Baby had a good deal to learn about this time. The moment he came to the table he would begin to shout "Baby! baby!" as loud as he could; by which he meant,, " Wait upon me first l' and when his papa said laughing, " Why, you think the world Was made for you my little fellovi, doi/t, you ?" he nodded his head and said, " Yes'` yes!". And his mamma said, "Baby must fold his hands and shut his .eyes while - papa asks a blessing." So baby soon found, it did no good. to call for breakfaSt till his hands htnl been folded and his eyes shut, and pretty soon he began to think the best way would be,te ask a blessing himself. And, one day, when his papa was not at home, he shut his eyes, bent his head down to. his plate,• and said, "Bears I bears l" His mamma did .not t. know what• he meant, but all the children burst out laughing, and said he meant." prayers! prayers!" and baby nod ded his • head and said, ",Yes, yes I" and looked very much pleased" indeed. Then Richard,, ran „round . from his side : ": o£ the table and put hiS arms round baby's neck, and kissed him half •a dozen times. " I like baby," said he, "and I won't snatch any of his things away, never this thousand years." This love-fit - lasted till they got up 'stairs into the nursery, whett F Richard wanted ,to, ride on his rocking-horse, , aricr baby would not let him. " Make baby go away!" said he to the nurse • The nurse tried to divert baby by offer ing to shim bun or to tell him' a story about a kitty. But this did no good.. He'kept pulling at Richard, and making a sort of smacking noise with his lips. " He wants you to play horse with him;" said the nurse.' "Do play with him, that's a good boy." "No, no, I want to . ride; I don't want to play horse," said Richard. • " You've grown serfieh lately,"'eaid the nurse. " Come,' baby, I'll play horse with you." • " New I'll - go right don l and tell mamma s yon Called rae a Shell- r fish," • i,sai Ri • " You may, and welcome," said the nurse laughing. So ' Richard went down stairs to his Marnina, and said in a, whining tone, " Ma ria says lam a shell-fish •boY.". ":Then I suppose you are;" said , his mamma. 4 , 4 What made her say you were' selfish'?" "'ffeeituse I wouldn't play hers° with • "Did , baby.want you very much to play with :P.RES BYTERINN . BANNER.r.S-ATUIRD . AV, ,MAROg .45 ...."--.1.562 Yes, mamma. He wanted me to play with him dreadfully.": "And you wouldn't ? 0 Richard !" Then his mamma, who was Writing a letter, wont on -with her business and. said no more. - Richard bring round.'ler, fidgeting and meddling With her things.' ' " May I have your .seissors and cut some paper?" he asked at last. . • 'f No, Lfeel too selfish to take the troub le fa get up and look for the scissors. But I'd -as lief' kiss> you as not, bc.leause that won't take long, and I shan't have to leave my seat." So she kissed him twice. Richard laughed. " Well, I think I'll take the trouble Ito , play. with baby," said he. "And.when he's tired of playintr, it Lcome down .again mill•you take the trouble. Ito get the scis sors for me? Will you a little, mamma?',' , And his. 'vanillin said, " Yes, I will. Fort don't mean to be selfish except when you set me a bad example." So Riehayd went up stairs and played horse a good while. Be let baby drive, and he trotted' all round the nursery; 'Rd made believe eat hay, and he said to tin.rse\ "Now I am not a shell-fish. I'm n'horse. Seer' 'And the nurse said, "Yes you're a very nice' boise now, and the next time I want to take a ride I'll engage you you maylle- J,l istellantous. .Old Noses ; or, the Praying Negro. MITE; was a great merchant in Balti more'. '.one: as. , t• he was.. Twain& over. the. vessels thatclay at the wharf, he stepped upon the deck of one, at the stern of which he;. saw a negro sitting, whose de jected countenance gave sure indication of, distress. He accosted him with— " Hey, my man, .w,hat is the matter ?" • The riPgro ;op, his eyes, and look ing at Mr. 8., replied----- " Ah, inassa, I",se in great trouble." • - " What about ? " "Kase rse fotehed. up . here to be, sold." " What for.? What have you been de in..? Have you been stealin.:? :or did you run away ? or what ?",, "No no, massa, none o' dat • it's bei . ase I don't mind de audes." '" What kind of orders ? " " Well, massa, stranger, ; I: will tell you. IVlassa Willum werry striek man, and werry nice Man- too, and ebrybody on the place got to mine him, and I break trees de rile, but ;I did n't 'tend-to break de rule doe; I forgot myself ; an I got too high." "It is for-getting nrunk, then, is it ?" "0 no, sah, not dat nother." "Then tell me what:you are to be sold for ?" • , " For prayin, sah." " For praying; that is a. string° •tale. Will not, your master, permit you, to pray.' "Oh, yes, sah, he let me pray easy, but I hollers too lond." " And why do you , halloo in-, you prayers ?'" ' " Kase de Spirit comes on, me, an I gets happy bre r knows it ; den I gone; kan't trole myself den I knows nutting 'bout masiit's rule." " And do you Suppose your master will really sell you for thatZ" " 0 yes, no help for me 17 COW ; all 'the mew; in' de world' . could n't' help Me' now kase' werfmassa-Willum say one 'ting, nil do wieder."' " Whatsis your name ?" "Moses, sah." "What-is your master's name?" Massamame Col. • " Where:does he live ?" "Downtowde'easirrsheah3'' • • "Is he a good master,: and treats you well?" " 0 yes, no, better xnassaim de world."' "Stand, up and let, me. look at you," And Moses etood ,up, ,and .presented. a ro, bust frame; and, as. Mr. stripped urphis sleeve his . arm, gave evidence of unusual muscular strength. " Where is your master ?" Yander he is, jiS eomin to, de warf." . As Mr: B.;started for the, shore he, heard Moses give t o heavy sigh, followed by a deep groan. Moses was not at all pleased with the pre d sent phase .of affairs. He was strongly impressed with the idea that 'B., was alrader; and - intended'to buy him, and' it was this that made him so unwilling to empluarkieape,MllK:A;t,thZi:oo*(l:lliform ation. Mr. B. reached the wharf just as Col. 0, did„ ~Efe introduced himself, and mid^" I understand you want to sell that negro man r yonder;on board the schooner!' Col. C. replied that he did. "'What do you 'ask for him ?" " I expect to get se.verchundred "Bow old, do,you reck9 him to)e ? " Somewhere' about 'thirty.'" " Is he healthy ?" "'Very ; he'never had anY'SioknesS in his life, ,aFeept,ope,or two spells of .the , ague." ",Is.„beh t f t aity,r .„ "'Yes, eit'as" man ought, and it will :4:lit' him as much good.' . , " Is he a good hand ?" " Yes, sir, he is the best- han on my place He iavaYad:Yr 4 01 4) and indus triOus. "tie has heen my foreman for the last ten years, arid a more trusty negro I never knew" • ‘' " Why do you wish to sell. him ?" " Because he disobeyed my orders. As I said, he is my foreman; •and that he might he.available at any moment 1 - might want him, I built his hut within a hundred yards of ,my own house, and I haire- never rang the bell at any time in,. the :light' or -morning , thatlis• ;horn did not answer in five Minutes after. But two ,years ago he got •religion, and commenced what he terms family. prayer:; that- is, prayer in adel 414 every night 41d - 10p:ring; 'and when, fie,be gan his prayer it was impossible to tell when he would Atop,: especiallyit( as he tertuedit) he got happy. Then he would sing,- and pray, and, halloo for an hour, 'or two together, that you might hear nearly a mile eff. And he would pray for me, and my wife, and my children, and my whole family connexion, to the third gen eration ; and sometimes when we would' hive visitors, Moses' prayers;, would„inter rupt the conversation, and destroyfthe.en• - joyment of the whole company. The wo= men would ery;,nrid the childr4 would. cry, and it would make me , almest frantiep and, even after Lilac' retired; it Vimild 'some times be near daylight before I could go to sleep, for it appeared• .to me that I could hear Moses pray for three hours after he had . finished. , I ,bore' if long as I could,. and:then forbade his praying any more, and Moses , promised obedience, but he soon transgressed,;,..nnd ray rule is never to whip,' but whenever.a.negro proves.incorrigible sell him. This "keeps tp.em in tidier soli jeetiod, and is l'e'ss tfouble'than whipping. And I pardoned'MOses twiee for disobedi-. ence in praying-so loud.; but thethird time' I•knew ;I must sellidni, or everynegro on the Ann wonldsoon, be;perfeetly regardless •,of all my,orders,", "You, spoke ofsrMose& hut; I suppose from that he has a family." "'Yes,he haSliwbiAtin and three child ren, or aci,fi I s4pose he calls her now; for soon after hc,got: religion he, asked me if they might ybei married, and I presume they Were." 1. , x-`; • " What will yoir i eike for her', and the children . ? " " If:you .want, them for your own use, I will take , ,severr , -hiindred dollars; but I shall not sell - Moriesiiior them to go out of the' State." " «I Wish them 'ail' tor my own, use, and willF give you the,, fourteen hundred. Mr. B. and VOL O. then went to B.'s store, drew up the writings, and closed the sale,'after which they returned to the ves- W. Mr. B. approa.ched the negro, who sat with his eyes fixed upon, the deck, wrapt in meditation ,of the , most, awful-forebod ings,. 'aind said--" Well, Moses, `..1 haw% bought you!' Moses made a very low • bow, and every Inuicle of his face,worked with emotion, as be replied, "Is 'Yen, ma.4sa ? Where's I gwine, mama , ?, Is I gwine to Georgy ?" "No," said. Mr. 13., " I'm , a merchant .here in the city; lyonder' is my store, and I want you to Attend on the store; and `I have purchased ,wife and children, too, that'you may laet be separated." "Brew" God' fbr• dat! and, mama, kin I go to meetin" sometimes?" "Yes, Moses, you can go to church three times (M. the Sabbath, and every night in the 'week ; and you can pray as, often as you choose, and as loud as you choose, and as long as you choose; and every time you 'pray whether it be at home or in the wao, you to pray for 'me my wife,,, and - all my children; for if you are a good man, your prayers will do us no harm, .and we need them very much ; and if you wish to, you may pray, for everybody of my name in the 'State. It will not injure there." While Mr. B. was dealing out these privileges to Moses, the negro's eyes danced in their sockets, and his full heart laughed ,outright for_gladuess, exposing two rows of as .even clean ivories as any African can boast; and his , hearts response was, " Bress God, bress God all de' time, and bress you, too, massa; , Moses neber fink 'bout he gwine td have all dese comroodationers ; dis make me link liout Joseph in de, Egypt." And after Moses had' poured a few blessings upon Col.' C.; bade him a' warm adieu, q and requested him to give his love and fare well to his mistress, the,children, and, all the servants, he followed Mr..B. to the store,to „enter up,on _the ,functions of 4is new office. The return inf the schooner hrought to Moseshisi _ . Early the next - Spring, as Mr. 13. was OM day, standing at the storedoor„he saw a man leap upon the wharf 'fibm, the deck of a vessel, and walk "hurriedly toward the store. He soon recognised him as Col. C. They ,exehan'ged sahitations;` and to the Colonel's inquiry after Moses, Mr. B. re plied that be was up stairs Measuring grain, and invited him to 'walk up and see him. Soon Mr. B.'s' attention was arrested by a very, confused. noise — above. He listened, and heard an unusual, shuffling of feet,. some one sobbing violently, and ,some one talking very hurriedly ; and. he determined to go up and see vwhat was going on. When he reached =the head of the stairs, he was startled by Seeing Moses „in the middle orthe doviii 'upon OntiAn l ee, with his arms around the Colonel's wait, and talking rapidly, while the Colonel stood weeping. So soon as the, Colonel could sufficiently control , his feelings, he told Mr. B. that he had never been•able to free himself from the influence of•Moses' Prayers; and th+ during the pat year, he and his wife, and all his, children, had been converted to God.. Moses responded, -"Bress God, massa C.; do I way up bea i l neber forgit you in, my prayers; I :oilers put de..ole maSga;side de new > one. Bress God, dis make Moses, tink 'bout Joseph in Egypt again!' The 'Colonel then stated to Mr. B. that his object in coining to Baltimore was to buy Moses andhis family back again. , But Mr. B. assured him that was outt of the' question; for he could not part with him, and he intended to manumit Moses and his Wifeat forty, and his children at.thirty-: five years of age. Moses was not far wrong in his refer ence to Joseph. For when Joseph was sold into Egypt, God overruled it to his, good, ani he obtained blessings that,were : far beyond his expectations ; so with -Mo ses. Joseph eventually proved the instru merit in God's hands of saving the lives of those who sold 'him. Moses proved the instrument in -GolVs. hands- of saving tlie , man's soul who sold him.. Old Moses is:rtip.iiving.-",, ge long since obtained his freedoni, and'at present occu pies a comfortable house of his own, and is doing well for both worlds.—Exchange. Two Classa of Roman Catholic (Nations. The "gentlemen at Rome," with the Pope at their head, estimate the,numher the adherentsof. their. Church at twoltun-. dral millions. We are neither going, tO'ae cept nor reject their 'estimate on,the.pres 'ent occasion:h It is a very large one—too large 'byrsornethinglike Wit, millions, in the opinion of the Berlin statisticians; who have-the credit` f being well-informed Men on all'such 'subjects. For the nonce we let' this point pass. We wish, however, to, call the attention of our readars to nmost important clasSifi cation of, Ban patholic nations, or, coon- tries,` for shall have occasion to usathese words' interchangeably in this article. 'The First Class"'coniii3ts of those ROman Catholic ,nations in Which there is a *Pro tstant element, greater or .= less, inter- MOrsed and4lifinsd. To , this category be 'l9n,gs‘, in every parish of, whieh. there is a l‘rotestant church, and, more or, ,less of a Plotestant population; Franceiin' ;which,, there d aro ,a ; million and <a quarter,pr 'a million, and, a; balf,:of Protestants-,dis tribitted—by no means equally hoWever—' :aiming the thirty-Seven, millions that can, , stitute the entire population; Belgium, where is now • ir-considerable number of efinrchei ar4:Pitotestant. chapels' for the French,, Flemish; and DUtch p i le in theSoltheilii;'Weitern, 'Northern, and Middle psrtipps, of "tlielc.ingdom, and several for the Woman fan .the Eastern; Italy, where v`there is a population of twenty-two thousantin the !Ones of;110- Tiont (the Waldenses) who- are „Protestant in everythiga• but the name, and some twentPlive ,i9r,thirty chapels, in the princi p4l cities foVforeign„Protestants-4glish, American, Swiss, French, and German! Besides this, within--the latt few years, Protetpt chapels for native Italians have" openea: in 'Man l y of 'the Cities in Northern and Central Italy, and even Na ples and Palermo; Austrian Germany, in chiding all ilie"Germtinie Tart of , the Aus-( trian empire, with %Vali% and- a:few-small Duchieg, which 'there are 'diSsemi natedProtestants, with churches`, 'audtail Bavaria and the larger china ,many) churches ) Hungary, where'there is %large Protestant element, and in'the Eastern part including Transylvania, a" large number ~,of people who belong to the Greek and United Greek Communions ; Poland, where there is still a " remnant" of Protestants of the Polish race, and'a considerable nunaber of German immigrants. are spraaking of the modern kingdoln 'of Poland, with its five millions of people. But if we speak of Poland as it was at the First Partition, (1773,) we shall find that in the portions that belong now to Prussia there is a con siderable number of Protestants • even in Gallicia or , Austrian !Poland there are -a few; whilst in the portions which Russia obtained by the Three Partitions, and which DOW form a constituent pare of her yast empire, ,there are some Protestants; and millions of the Greek faith; Canada East, in which the English Protestant element is large, and that which is French, though not large, is,appreciable and increasing. In all these emintries—lreland, France, Belgium ; • Italy, Austrian Germany, and Bavaria,, Hungary, Poland, Canada.East— although =the majority of the .people, in most cases overwhelmingly so, are Roman Catholics, • and the political, civil, and-social power .and.; influence in , their. hands; yet there is a-Protestant - element' which' must he of irnmense 'importance 'in the work of imparting thei ,Gospel to their inhabitants. The Secdnd Class of Roman Catholle.colin tries consists'of those in •which there are no native Protestant element, or none that is - appreciable: These countries are Spain and Portugal, in Europe ; Mexico, Central' America, the Spanish and French Islands,; (Cuba and Porto ) etc., in North 'America; and the entire. South America, excepting the British and' Dutch Guiana, which are the only Protestant countries on that Continent. A. few. remarks, respecting-the state of things ,in some of these countries maybe interesting to our readers. • In Spain-Proper we know of no Protest ant natives; nor are there more than two, or at the utmost three, Protestant.4mpels for, foreigners , in that country. When we were there fifteen years ago, there was not one? • At Gibraltar, 'which is geographi cally a portion of Spain, but politically,is a part of the )3ritish empire, and has been for more'than one hundred and fifty , yeah, there are three or four Episcopal churehes and'one WesleYan for the`garrison and,_Eng lish speaking inhabitants, and three .Span ish Protestant- chapels.: These chapels comprise the largest' Spanish population in any, one place in =the world that is Protest ant; of which we have any knowledge. In Portugal there are no native .Protest ants that „we know anything of, and,,only three chapels for foreign Protestants ; two at Lisbon and one at Oporto. That in the last-named place is' English, (Episcopal,) as is one of those in the former: ; city, whilst the other,is German. There was in Lis bon, -,some..years ago,.a Protestant service in. POrtug,ueee, conducted by a converted Spanish priest, rather privately;' and yet it was very ; eolisiderably known, We know not what has become of it. Thermis no Protestant chapel in Mexibo that we are aware Of. If any' Protestant service has been held in that, country,it must have , beem in connexion vith the Brit . , ish. Embassy and for short seasons., Some thing of the sort has been attempted 'at Vera Cruz, but no "permanency was at tained:7, , „ In the States of Central,-America, with the Aseeption of the English .ehapels Belize and the German, ones in%Mos4uitia, , we know of no lirotestintserviees. Nor do we know of any , nativs,,Frotest;-: ants in the,Spanish islands, kko - r,of chapel, for foreign., Protestants. All the attempts of. the American Seamen's l Frietid Society' to , establish a , - chapel' for 'Ainerielin,,atut, English seamen;nt Havana were fiiiitl i ess. And in the French Islands we. know. of bat one Protestant.‘ohapel, that .at St. Martin, (Martinique, ) , :of which - Mr. Frossard, the Reforined .- Church, is pastor. . There' aie several Protestant chapelsiti:gayti! With . the 'exception, of 'the anianas r iwa know of no countries in-South America in. which there are native Protestants; 'nor. any Protestant chapels ~at all, excepting those for English, A:nierican, French, and Germans,. temporary - :residenta. and • grants; together with that of the Walden scancolony near Montevideo:, • ;..It may be proper to say 4 Word in regard, to;Protestant countries in which there is a Roman.Catholie element, greater'or less. " . In England and . Scotland' there is qVite slurp Roman Catholic poPulation, for the ute'st pert chiefly,' tho'ugh there is a considerable ripmber.,of residents or sojourners from Italy, Spain,. Portugal; France, and other papal countries,, ou the oontinenWe be seen in' London and Other seapnits.' 'nu.. Scotland , thereis quite aiim - be' r of Rernanisti that are lineak: de-. scendants from. the. Highlanders , that cre fused to receive the doctrineS of 'Enotland the Reformers of the sixteenth century. "' in Holland - more than. 'the 'third pari f o i f thepopillation,o Roman "In 'the Prete:it:ant States of ia'ainiany and the: : Protestant, Cantons of Switterland . thereisa Roman Uatholio population that varies 'from;s.-sinall fraction up toldliplisrl In the gijaiiiiicavian countilos—Den nigh; XerwaY vi Siveden and Finland—Ahe Itomaa Catholic element is very inoonsia-, enable: In-the United- States the Roman. Cat lies ire 'Sal:mem:as; and do they afit in of . .the.Brit t iaV Provinces in whiph ,the teetants are the majority.... ;tt In most- of the British • -Weit• tithe Islands the , Roman Catholic populatioii is not latke ` in a few small islands, incindl ing Trinidad,. tho are in the majoritY., the. Dutch,-Danish, and Swedish Weatln. dia-ilslands.i.the - . Roman; Catholic potrala tiOn is incOnsidefahle. • _' We have' nind i e' this brier 'aurvo:ty'o(lbe • RO l nian Catliblici world, because •; of ;,the practical -remarkerwhich we desire to• - •found on it in the.nektnumbee-of -the Christian' World; be Milde• to '''appear theft py0 . 1 010.6!:c0 OsithOliA . nii d • ifi -;r0 1 .104 -i'lkitesiaii:Lieln and' the:4os ' pel-depends immensely upon circumstances and influences which haye been crented( by thelabni tb'Which states-or society have given .origin:.. The cOnSideration :of -.this„ subject gins Aim:lines emine 12 tip practical,- and has. a.) bearin ,un-, speakably itnportant on :all efforts to bring Romanista •te 'the inowledc , e 'of truth. •• Chli.sekih - irnrld.“ " ' • , • The - ,Bo4tlkie,fighting. t us .with ; our own, money. TO New-York city theSOuticowes. 8159,800;0013i to Philadelphia; -1011,600,-, OPO Boston, $7,600,0`06; "'The. entire indelitafees s to these four ; ci l ties is $ 2 '0,000,000, and it • is estimated that there is atiout , $90,000,000 more due to.•the•rest of the loyal 'cities add the .States of the North, making a total of three hundied"inillions, •ofl . whinli than ~ 0407hagi O , cluo to .the goods : alone N i ew-Yorg loss, seventy-fiv.e.thillionsiby -the defalcations of. the South ! . ./ 6.111.1) N ST \T* OF TUE WES , JE, =I , . THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILSOAD CO., HAVE FOR SALE I,2OO,OOO . ACRES OF RICH FARMING , LANDS, In Tracts of Forty Acres and upward, on Low Credit and at LOW Prices. MECHANICS, FARIEMS & WORMING 31301• attention of the enterprising and industrious per tion of the °immunity is directed to the following statements and liberal inducements offered them by the . . ILLINOIS CENTRAL - Ft AITROAD COMPANY, Which, usiheY will peimeive, will ertahie them, by pro per energy, perseverence and industry, to provide cons fertable:homes for themselves and families, with, COM jWitivply- Sneaking, verylittle capital. . LANDS, OF ILLINOIS No State in the Valley of the Mississip' Pi offers so 'great an indncernont to the Betties as the State of Minces.— There'is no portion of the world where ail of the condi tions of climate and soil so admirably , combine torpro ducethose two great staples, CO= and WHEAT, as th 4 Prairies of Illinois. THE SOT:MUM PART Of the State lies within the zone of the cottottregions, mule thosoil is admirably adapted to,the growth of 'tobacco and hemp; and the wheat 4s worth from fifteen to.,tweuty•cents more per hushel , than that raised farther north. EICH r;=:dE LANT_ The flap rich loein.gf the prairies is cultivated with such wonderful facility' that the farmers of the Eastern raid inadid Statas aro moving to great nun& Mere. r,Tho area of Illinois is _about equal to that of 'Englapil, and the soil is so rich'' that it will support twentv millions of people.. MiSTERN nxnhsou N Mk, TS , Thew lanO.s are dahtiduoas `a. railr4irad' 700 'miles in length:wt.:oh canneats::with Other resits, inik WO river's; thus atthiliitig an unbroken corn munleation . with the Biltern. and Southein. markets. .ARPLICATION,OII:CAPIVIL: Thus far t capitalend. , Thlmr have been' applied to de -voloping the sell; the.great. resources or the stens in'... eceilandiron arc almostuntonchad. The invariable ruts that the mechanical arts floirish best wherolbed and fuel are cheapest, will follow at an earirday in 'Minas; and' in the course 'ef the malt tea ~ y ears the -natural latis and necessities of. theicaso,warrant the belief that tit Vart five hundredthousand'peoplo bo. engaged infthe Stab of Illinois in various manufacturing em pleyments...' RAILROAD SYSTEM Or ILLMOIS. 'Oyer $1.00,000,000 of .privaterwapital have :been ex pended' orrlhd.railraad System of Illinois. Inasmuch as pait 'of the into= from several of these works, With a ralnabiol.plablic fend in lands; go to dforin*sh ;the State Expenses, the T.I.SES S A322 TIGEST, and lanst,'cprise- Otteintly every day decrease: . . kAtE DEBT. Thh&State Dabt is 0nty.510,106,89814, and - Nankai. the lestihree years ha-s been.reduced,81,959,746e,80.; and , we'inaylessonahly expect that in ten years it *SO he- Pamphlets descriptive of tho lands, EO cliziae,k . pibdoctkiins;ptices, inditams bc payminit,calvbe bad on applicat:lon to . , For the• nzlnw ofrthe Mown% ..Vlllages and;cnlea sitaated r ion thg.llll - Railroad, sowliogea'lBB, , iB9 Iclllp9r4Lpggirg,ppAry.mrAciurAy IiWTAIRXE & C 0. ,; Cows: or. Blue: ABE SHORT STREETS, :PTEESXMLIMPVE. , Steam Engines, Maphinery,, and 'Citatings. .Alp, of I3TILLS, TANKS, and all other aPpartienit foe re- Oils. • • 0tt1.9-ly . ;PITTSBURGH FENALE s cp„x4 4 .go — THIRTEEN TMACERRE . .• ' . . ' . .ffulfdings,'teachere, and conree of BE6O, of thO Arid dein,. Superior facilities afforded in the aiiititental biniebee M. te.ndance last year, two hundred !end ehirty-seven.' , .' terms per year. FORTY DOLLARS' per term, midis for bearding, light; 'room-rent, and • ti.Ve. of furnituria , : Tuition according to' studies pursued. • The Collegiste.year begins . September 8d; 'second Session, December 9th ;• and. the .third, . March 24th, 1.862. Send to the President , Rev. LC. P.ERSHING,.A.M.,, lir a catalogue. ' M. SIMPSON, aagll-ly. Preeidentof Board ,of Trustees. - • • JOHN- •RENSHAW:i Family' \Grocer- and Dealer , • ~ . Takes pleasure in announcing to his . Mende and aratocu. that he has recently remould to the new and apaeload Omer of Liberty and lilt streets few doors above his old stand,) And having largely increased his stock by recent perch now oilers to tho public the most axtewava and complete sortment to be found in this city, of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES , . Foroign'and Domestic Fruits„ Teas?: Spices,' Pickles and , Sauces, Preserved Fruits in great variety, Fish. Hama, Dried. Beef, &c., hcOdes an assortment of Thimestlc Housekeeping, articles; thin constituting a Housekeapa's Benporinm, where . most all artitaes that are unfit! m o neceseary• tor the Tamil' all may he ri pw4tased at rumenable.pricas.. ; . , • . idip- WHOLESALE AIID BETALL. "Flt : ' • .i :•• . Catalogues containing Val ~XtellAl4 of my etas:kJ* niahod by i mail, if desired: ; • ' , JOHN RENSJIIAW,.. ; ' ...I ap7,l4f Car. liftiewtg;anitHand; Stn. Pittsbnigh, . : 46 - North Fourth'. , O'e.t PHILADELPHIA:. • •** 11. WILIBBEN & SON. Proprietors. pars44 - .1. • 14 tight:Ciotai t w eeggh V 4,, • 61 S • $ fi t' or Waice RONOHIAL which, might be ' i te v e L Y checked with a simple -rem ed,Y, nAgie4 Citen , ter manatee , seriously- Few are aware of the intpartazuse 4f :sto . ppink a, A tug A or cgfetgAt labi sive ; that which..in, the beirirl , would, , yield to , a. mild ninnecly, f not aitended, to, soon. attacks :thee , .4goectuyea 4fAarzchird ,ffsachea were first introduced e7.e'vert, yikshie 'air& It, has , bfen. ,se,avecl. that ..they are, tAfi 'beet ar ticleb'eore,Ahe far,.Oulaka o 4ilicaneh l ai tt a ti " ;:dsta‘i4fiii.".ratakicirt.a, the- . , IP lablicApeakersiand,fikieNjgerti a, „. will find, them, effectup.l foes' s'Art,firtiuning the z k l iewl• : ' Bold by al CiOnzigistalaintlii@ecaers Wedicina, RS '446 . • 0 •• • „ . . Sold In Pittelliirgh.by . , . SIMON JOHNSTON, GL,H.ROMunkr:.% a • E. E. S._EA/MAS t2ptimgrooH a co, FAmiximaToos, • R. P. viramo;voli.T,; HENDERSON & ' • '.• • ff. d0c144-6m.. • ; • :„7: p; lUD Ei OIL AND TIRAYMERISTO Riff •. . • 0 SONS,!. • N0.)31,• 80Ath Mtn Street, • • Daryntett AlLtaitiT thrto Caxsyntm Sorna;rB, Pnrunniztrht, • Ilave for Sate SPANISH A.ND EM DEN. SIatrOIITER TA AND PATNA RIPS, TANNERS' 444 £O,4T . LOWEST PRICES, AND. , .• • „ z , THE BEST,XERMS. 4, 4 6 /Difkds, _,of .Leathei in the rough iiantest.4 which titqli xnartr,et i)rice • will be.given in, cash, or" Lik on Aonnweidoii. en in exchange for Eldon, Leather stored free o • ge",iind• sold ! . , • . , . -.• . Mold 04 § 1 pAdvanote mule on laither4oeasigned. to Us fau2S-17 : 1 , ) Posrr3Erßi.., - Lan4 conniussio nar, . CHICAGO ,ILLINO EIM PRESENT POPULATION. The State is.rapidly fining up with population 868,025 persons having been added since 1650, the preseutpopulation a. ratio of 102 per cent. in ten years. • , AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 1 The Agricultural Products of" Illinois are greats than those ot any other State. The-Products sent out durr, 4 the past year exceeded 4500,000 tons. The wheat of 1800 approaches. 55,000;0 00 of Nishels. while corn crop" yields not less than 140,000,000 hushds. Or THE SOIL. Nowhere can the indristrious Winer secure rich Mediate resultts for hie lib& as npori these prairie they being composed of a deep - , rich loam. the fertiity of which is unsorpaesed by any on the globe. TO ACTUAL CULTIVATORS. Since 1854, the Cempanylaavti. Sold 1,300,000 ra-r-s They sell only to actual *cultivators, and every contr.o , •: • contains an agreement to cultivate. The road ha , been constructed through these ignite at an expen:. , of $30,900,000. In 1350, the population of the fort} --n ine I counties through which it passes was only "35 ; 3:•' Abide which 479;293 have been added, making whole population 814,891—it .gain of 143 per cent MDIItiCES or'PROSMITY As an ' evidence Of the thrift of the people, it may be stated Ilia 600,000 tons of freight, including 8,c00.e00 bushels of grain and. 250,000 barrels of flour, were f- T , warded over. the lino last year. Mechanics and - workingmen will find the free selv,l system encouraged by the State, and endowed :riot a large revenue for the 'support of schools. Their ei.d dren can live in sight of the church and. s.choolhonse, and-grotinp with the prasperity of the leading State in t , the. Great Western Fartpire.:, PRIDES AND TERMS Or gATBEENT. The prices of these Lipids . vary from $G to $25 per aird, 'according toncerition; quality, .Sc.i First-Mass rfartiticglin& Sell for; about $lO or $l2 per acre ; and the relative expense of subduing prairie land as com paredovith wood. lapd isin-the ratio of 1 to 10 in favor of the former. The terms of sale for the bulk of these lands will bo _ ONE YEAWS:INTXREST, IN. ADVANCE. • , at six per cent pertmnum, and six Interest notes at six per cent., payable Irt , one, two, .threc, four, fire and six years from date of sale ;, and fotirmotes for pritici pal;p4ablein• fotir, VIM; shir and 'swim years from date of sple i the contract stipulating thatoneMnth of tlifY tract „purchased shall ho fenced and 'cultivated, each and ,every year for five yenrs from tho day of sato; se that at the mid of •iFro yiatrs, one-half shall be fenced and under cultivation. Virxp2 DEDIIMED from the valitattan for 'bash% 'except the same skint* lieht sic dellimPer acre; when the cash price triabift five dollars. i. : t: : : T. A.. 'P. • • • •••Effervos6ent • -..• 4fg,ObVV.E7ll . 'ciiSr•ValkitZEZe This valuable and pciptilar Medicine has universally received • the Most, faiorableiteloinm'endationstlf the 'Medical • Profession .and the public .ais,thetuoet em •" ' dent and agreeable • 'Saline. .Apeiien.t. It may lie used with the best effect in • BILIOUS AND' FEBRILE DISEASES, COSTIVENESS, SICK HEADACHE, _NAUSEA "LOSKOF "APPETITE, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY OF THEISTOMACII, !TORPIDITY OFPTIES GOUT, RHEUMATIC AFFECTIO?.IS,, GRAVEL, PILES, ) 'ken' ALL' commuters salmis - • • A Gentle and CoolLuit Aperient .or 'Purgative is _ Required,. It Is• particularly.adapted to the 'vials of Travelers by Sea and LandOlemidents in Blot Clinaetes, Persons of Sedentery Habits, InVadids'and Ccmvaleseentsi Captains of Vessels and PlantersiWill,find it a valuable .addition to their Medicine Chests. . . It is In theibim. of a Powder, carefallie put spin bottles, to keep tn.any climate, and merely requires water - poured unon it to Produces delightful effervescent beverage: Numerous testimonials from profewdonal and other gen tlemen of the highest standing throughout the country, and Its steadily increasing popularity for, a series of years, strong.- ly guarantee Its' effcacy and valuable character, and com mend Ulu the favorable notice of an iutelligent public. TALItRAINTIS: CORDIAL! ELIXER!OP TURKEY RHUBARB This beautiful _preparation, tnam the MITE TURKEY RHUBARB, has the apprOval aid sanction of many of our beet Physicians as a aaluableandlltaorite Family • • • Miagicine, 4.44 1 18 preferable to' 'any' other fermi in witch- Rhubarb is allministered,eitherfor Adults or Children, it being mm bined In a mariner to make it at once palatable W • . • the teeth add efficient irt its operation. • ;: • • TARRANT-'S hNI:PR.O , VED AMID•ELIIBLE INK , 'NOR MAI.EING lama, ,lIIISLIAN,T HTLIC, ETC, bee been proved, by Many year , tolyo thb best. most per manent end reliable,peparatlon,eryee -offered to the Public. The superiority of thisartiCle is acknowledged by all. and purchasers and,Jealers will. find it, tb' the' r interest to give it is preference over all similar Prepitiations. Manufactured -only , , • • • . JOHN A. TARRANT & CO., Druggists, No. 278 Greqinvich Bt.yisieW.arsetnEt., New-Sork. And for sale by tornggis* generally. Jim22-ly . . SAPONIFIER. CONCENTRATED • • Lyk.. ' • ' • • • • .FAMILY •SOA WA:KER. 1! , lado by the - 6 Peatellvania Salt Manufacturing Com pany." I The Only genuine and Siented'itrtiole. Beware of Counterfeits! Bnyans and sellers) of the bogus articles will lAL'proseCt . itid * . For ale by all • rliagglaw and Grocers. Prices reduced to omit the tibiae. g go (1' ArYSt9l.l ll 4 tire, • ORtPEWORAL TROCHES, i9F 14 3 ,mmlidialiF4ef and certain Cure of (Ourbe, Cobbs, Ittfluenza, Asthma, Hoarse- InibeliAliWi , a4playg..l ()Ouch; ‘.Jesusiiirrla, Bran : i . A.1194 . 0.1 Pirneubt ,threathing.lSere Throat, • WU.; 'Etc.; . 15tei* trTrP 3 V6I3IIIAFTED IR MEN r7/111TITES. 4 4 .1 43 1 Cifast. Tor Cle:r n in d g S an in onZen tli ese gth -I,tesnovitm..ll.4?anseriegs. etc. , 'The wino with: they are taken—being easily., • I.Puttleo in A° pocket, .requiring no preparation, always • tv.inly fOr nee on all occasions, not liable to change in any Aontainiug nothing , frajnyhaus to;tbe ascot deli ear constitution—iihoidd be a sufficient raiemmenda . pop toAlt.to rivo . JPri.c.o 2.5 ?BOX. *IP Pin saki in Pittsburgh . try li..ll,llalless Os., B. Fo4iiesto,qii & c 0. ,• ip Keyser, sinittitiLnrohneetock aCo L.l 11' R . R .1E w .S 40. 1 • • . 5 1Pite — AmericaluSturday School-Union FORIDISTIIIBUTION. The $lO Sunday School Libraries tor distribution as Vr legacy in Will of the late CHARLES BREWER, sill bo veady for deitrery, on and after July 10th,1860. t Tho SuudaY Schools entitlisd . to thew Librailmi are thew eetehliabed in Allegheny County, Pa., since Starch 31.4 Applicants will be required to solemn - 1m to statement et log name, locatiou, and date of organirattim of the Seined: name and. Past Office address of Superiiftendent: a‘ennzu nninber of taint:tors and scholare In' attendance, and amount there contrib , tqd for sußport of School. Reasonable evidence, , by iimmuit of contribution , : and oth emlse, of Al ppriusuepolicif the School will bol'equi"d• APPIY to • F. 11. EATON, - ' Ofaki3ON, Cass & .111kcionx, Lusf -ly .1.f0.17 Fifth St, Pittebargh.
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